You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Dec. 4, 2009: Windows users get false alarm, Arrington's Web tablet buys the farm

It was a week full of hazards, bogeys, shanked shots, and bad lies -- and that's just Tiger Woods' love life. But he's not the only one who suffered a subpar week. Michael Arrington's CrunchPad Web tablet went into the lake; Microsoft was handicapped by rumors of a fatal Windows error (that was ultimately less than terminal); and while Mac clone maker Psystar has yet to hit the clubhouse, it still appears to be stuck in a bunker. Can you ace this week's quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now let's get this round started.

1. A new Windows problem has entered the geek lexicon. What is this one called?

a. The Red Screen of Dangerb. The Green Screen of Moneyc. The Black Screen of Deathd. The Yellow Screen of Fear

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It was a week full of hazards, bogeys, shanked shots, and bad lies -- and that's just Tiger Woods' love life. But he's not the only one who suffered a subpar week. Michael Arrington's CrunchPad Web tablet went into the lake; Microsoft was handicapped by rumors of a fatal Windows error (that was ultimately less than terminal); and while Mac clone maker Psystar has yet to hit the clubhouse, it still appears to be stuck in a bunker. Can you ace this week's quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now let's get this round started.

1. A new Windows problem has entered the geek lexicon. What is this one called?

a. The Red Screen of Dangerb. The Green Screen of Moneyc. The Black Screen of Deathd. The Yellow Screen of Fear

2. The CrunchPad Web Tablet is dead. Which of the following is not one of the reasons given by its grieving poppa, Michael Arrington?

a. Greed

b. Jealousy

c. Miscommunication

d. Humility

3. The top three search engines unveiled their lists of the most searched terms of 2009. Who's No. 1 with a bullet?

a. Michael Jackson

b. Balloon Boy

c. Jon and/or Kate Gosselin

d. Lady Gaga

4. Not to be left out, Ask.com also published its own zeitgeist-seeking missive. Which of the following was the most frequently asked question of 2009?

a. Why do cats purr?

b. How much should I weigh?

c. Is Miley Cyrus pregnant?

d. Are vampires real?

5. Psystar has struck a deal to settle its suit with Apple. What's it going to cost the company?

a. $270,000

b. $2.7 million

c. $27 million

d. $270 million

6. According to gossip site TMZ, adultery-friendly dating site AshleyMadison.com is seeking a new spokeshuman. Who just got offered $5 million to become the new face of cheatin'?

a. Bill Clinton

b. Eliot Spitzer

c. Tiger Woods

d. Jon Gosselin

7. "A crisis for news-gathering is not just a crisis for the newspaper industry. The flow of accurate information, diverse views and proper analysis is critical for a functioning democracy. We also acknowledge that it has been difficult for newspapers to make money from their online content. But just as there is no single cause of the industry's current problems, there is no single solution." Who's talking about how to cure the newspaper industry's woes?

a. News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch

b. Google's Eric Schmidt

c. Craigslist's Craig Newmark

d. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington

8. Just in time for Christmas, Comcast stopped by the media mall and picked up a few things for the kids. Which major television network did the cable giant just snap up?

a. ABC

b. CBS

c. NBC

d. The WB

9. Facebook's 25-year-old CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent an open letter to all 350 million of his close personal friends this week. What did he announce?

a. Facebook Connect is integrating with Yahoo

b. Facebook is adding new privacy controls

c. A new apps that lets you find your Facebook twin

d. He's finally started shaving

10. Take the number of iPhone apps IDC predicts will be found in the wild by 2011. Multiply by the number of iPhones sold in its first two weeks at China Unicom's online iPhone store. Now divide that by AT&T's rank among the four largest U.S. telecoms in a recent customer satisfaction survey conducted by Consumer Reports. Put that on a color-coded map and banish it to the Island of Misfit Toys. What do you get?

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